Liz is very popular recently, TLB's box office exceeded 122 million, it's like she suddenly became a big star, the oldest in the family. This is how my film career started. I had to participate in TLB's follow-up promotions and awards season, so I joined "Juno", and that was it for the time being. I don¡¯t want to be too busy yet, so leave some time for life and study. My acting skills are far from perfect.
??W¡¯sb has been paying attention to the matter. Early on Monday morning, she was frightened by the movie version of the ¡°Los Angeles Times¡± and shouted: ¡°My God!¡±
Looking at Ye Wei¡¯s four-star film review, I was completely surprised that I didn¡¯t receive any news!
She immediately started reading eagerly, forgetting to eat breakfast, and didn't bother to pay attention to Mary-Kate's gaze. After a long time, she let out a satisfied sound: "Oh. It's really cool, really cool" The least cool thing is that there are some spoilers. Movie reviews all have this problem. I have read the original work, but haven't seen the movie version yet. ah.
The policeman Baskin in the original work is not like that. I don¡¯t remember the content about ¡°changing his destiny due to his sister¡¯s hard support¡±. What¡¯s going on?
¡°I read your review of Winter Bone in lat and loved it so much. Now I am really looking forward to watching it in the theater!¡± She sent a text message to Ye Wei.
"Thank you." After a while, Ye Wei replied.
"Thanks", not even "thank-lure", why are you so precious about words lately Liz shook her head.
This day she found that she had a difficult choice that many movie fans would have. Should she read more Winter Bone movie reviews? She was curious about the impact it would have on film critics, but also didn't want to be spoiled Fortunately, she was smart enough to decide to take a look at its Rotten Tomatoes freshness score that night.
Liz did this in her bedroom at home in the evening after a busy day at school.
¡°My holy God!!!¡±
I am even an atheist!
"A coming-of-age story about a group of hillbillies in a remote mountain village who are unable to escape and are free but not completely confused." 5/5, A.O. Scott, "The New York Times"
"Winter's Bone sometimes feels like a haunted house, where only extreme obedience to terrible people can save you. This is Ye Wei's most simple, sensitive, and dark film this year." 5/5, Joshua Kopf, "timeout"
"Following the mockumentary "Exorcism Video", Ye Wei used a close-to-documentary approach to shoot the horrifying and real "Winter's Bone", which showed horror films how to grab the audience's attention without constant noise and screaming. force, and frighten them to the very core.¡± 4/4, James Bradinari, reelviews.
"'Winter's Bone' is the best film of the year." 4/4, Joe Williams, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
Liz excitedly read one movie review after another, avoiding those with spoilers, and excitedly sent Ye Wei a congratulatory message: "I saw it, I saw it, the response from the film critics was amazing! Left hook, right hook , bang, your two bones really knocked them out! Hahahaha.¡±
It was a few hours later that I received his reply text message: "Thank you, I would like to encourage each other, and go to sleep."
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Attending the premiere of Winter¡¯s Bone hurt Emma a lot. Not only was her pride shattered, but the movie also became the demon in her heart. She had a nightmare, in which she angrily waved a chainsaw to cut off Ye Wei's hand. He ran around the room and woke up when he was about to cut off.
What is particularly frustrating is that the Girls Trilogy has no chance of competing in the awards season, as evidenced by the lack of public relations activities. TLB is in full swing, and according to media reports, Donggu has also begun to take action. After watching the video, you will understand that it would be weird not to compete!
Especially for the Best Actress award, Jennifer performed so well, and feminist films have always had a strong award-winning power.
She read Wei's film review this morning. For the movies mentioned in it, her aunt won the Oscar for "The End of the World", Charlize Theron also won the award for "The Devil Wears Prada", and "The End of the World". Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis of "Beautiful Flowers" were both nominated, and "Normal People", which he said was anti-women, was also nominated. Worst of all, Uma Thurman was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in "Kill Bill."
You see, when a feminist film becomes a classic, it is almost certain to dominate the awards season.
And look at what Jennifer acted, swearing, spitting, spitting, blowing her nose, killing squirrels, driving pigs, and being beaten like that
What else is there to say about ¡°image¡±? Isn't this what Oscar loves. As long as its reputation among film critics is not bad, it is equivalent to having half a foot on the Oscar red carpet. Will it be bad?
Emma didn¡¯t make any guesses. When she went online and opened Rotten Tomatoes at home at night, her eyes suddenly widened!
Sometimes I really hate this, really, I really hate this
¡°Jennifer Lawrence¡¯s leading performance is great.¡± 3.5/4, Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
"One of Ye Wei's most thought-provoking films, it is not a suspense file, but a small letterhead with wilderness and poverty. Jennifer Lawrence's performance is completely convincing." 3.5/4, J.R. Jones, "Chicago" "Reader"
"Winter's Bone is a true example of a great film with amazing performances that are so natural and so real that you forget it's a movie at all." 5/5, Bill Gu Dee Koontz, The Arizona Republic
¡°Ye Wei¡¯s directorial presence is all but gone, and Lawrence leads the film with a controlled and vigilant performance.¡± 3.5/4, Dan Koice, Village Voice
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?Jennifer Schrader Lawrence!
Her name means White Witch-Blue Salmon-Lauren!
This powerful white witch has indeed been crowned this time. There is not a single review of Winter Bones that does not praise her. Film critics are scrambling to express their "discernment". This is it, this is it! This is the new generation of Jodie Foster, Judi Dench, Judi Garland
A star is born.
"Entertainment Weekly" does not publish in-depth film reviews because of its low-end market positioning. This time, it is not Irving Grabman who writes the review, but Lisa Schwarzbaum. It is a two-paragraph film review with one section being an introduction and the other One paragraph is a comment. She wrote this in the comment paragraph a:
"Lawrence is the great discovery of this movie. A mesmerizing newcomer, her avoidant gaze, deep expression and husky voice captivate the audience's attention. Vikander is another stunning newcomer, delivering a performance that makes her unique among the blooming flowers. But greater credit belongs to director, screenwriter, and producer Ye Wei (this is the troubled genius¡¯s third teen-heroine movie this year) for having him at the helm of a cast that many are not native to the Ozarks. Completely resist there. ¡¿
This kind of film review is not at all the same as what Ye Wei wrote. Kirk Hornikett wrote a long review in the "Hollywood Reporter" with a perfect score of 4/4, and the short review excerpted by Rotten Tomatoes: "Perhaps no film has ever made you tense, awe and feel so real in every frame, and Winter's Bone leaves an indelible scar. It's a feeling you have to sink into a cold, rotten world. In the shadows, fight for your life.¡±
"It's very complicated," said Honiket. He commented that ss is an inspirational movie pretending to be great, and tlb is a great miracle of course. He thought it was over, and that's all it could do, right? When it comes to evaluating Winter Bone, I have to say, "Maybe there has never been a movie." Maybe, I don't care if it's right or wrong.
He praised Emma Roberts as excellent and convincing, and Elizabeth Olsen as talented and impeccable. How should he praise Lawrence? The word "dreamlike" is used, dreamlike, it is simply a dream, otherwise how could this be possible?
Who the hell is that? ?
Now I see the ultimate answer to the viy talent show. Many girls who did not participate regret not participating, and many girls who participated but failed regret not taking it seriously. Lawrence was just an extremely small bumpkin. If he had competed with all his strength at that time, "Rui", is it possible to impress Ye Wei and push her away?
"This movie will continue to grow in your memory after watching it, a great icon." 5/5, Alan Hunt, British "Daily Express"
"There is poetry here, different from what Walker Evans, James Agee, and Harry Smith discovered, the most primitive and desperate kind." 4/5, Shukhdev Sandhu, UK "Daily Telegraph"
"Director and screenwriter Ye Wei has established an awe-inspiring tension between suspenseful reasoning and seeking truth from facts." 5/5, Anthony Quinn, The Independent
Emma Watson couldn¡¯t help but call her agent. She is also 16 years old, four months older than Lawrence. It is really unpleasant to see someone else suddenly want to be nominated for an Oscar, while she has to play endless "Harry Potter" for who knows how many years. Everyone says she is a star, but not an actress.
Olsen, Lawrence, that¡¯s an actor, or even another Emma.
"Do I really have no chance to work with Ye Wei? I want to act in a feminist film, and I want to act in Ye Wei's film!"
She now has mixed views on Ye Wei. His romantic affairs make people feel that he does not know how to respect women, but his talent and his ex-girlfriends say the opposite. However, personal relationships and career cooperation are two different things. He already has a real girlfriend and there will be no scandals.
After all, this seemed to be just wishful thinking on her part. After participating in the talent show, Ye Wei glanced at it and looked down upon it. In fact, she also suffered misfortune elsewhere.By chance, those good projects were closed as soon as they saw "Hermione is coming", and she despised the rest. Could it be that if you play a witch, you will only be able to play witches in the future?
Ye Wei wrote in the email notifying her of her rejection, "The day will come when we work together. I believe you will be a better actor by then, and I will be better at making movies."
Will his new project be that day? Emma thought about contacting her privately.
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"With "Winter's Bone," Ye Wei went from being a director whose work cannot be missed to being a director who just has to watch him. He caught me." 4/4, Amy Biancoli, "San Francisco Chronicle"
"This is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it great movie." 4/4, Roger Moore, "Orlando Sentinel"
¡°A rare masterpiece.¡± 4.5/5, Chris Wagner, The Dallas Morning News
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Seeing the response to the movie reviews of Winter Bone, Gia almost overturned her computer desk, so angry! That bastard still wants to go play football. Have you asked everyone if they are happy with it? She has a bit of a bad taste now, hurry up, announce your "new project", wait and see the excitement!
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Because of the civil war between the two bones, Herman Wright was half angry to death. Last year was a turning point in his career. He was hired by DreamWorks as an independent publicity and public relations consultant for LMS Awards. He was nominated for 6 Oscars and won two awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. As a result, his status in the industry has greatly increased. Ramon is in charge of tlb.
The 92% freshness level made him confident. The victory of repeating LMS was just in front of him a few months later. Winter Bone suddenly disrupted everything.
It was not appropriate to negotiate this matter via email or phone. After the last team meeting, Herman and Harvey Weinstein arrived at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. They sat face to face on a table in the elegant restaurant. Dinner negotiations around the table.
"We definitely want the best picture." Harvey Weinstein held a half-full red wine glass and drank leisurely. "The leading actress and supporting actress also belong to us."
This is why Herman was so angry that he wanted to use violence, "Last time we agreed that the heroine and the supporting actress would be one each."
"The situation has changed." Harvey Weinstein's fat face smiled treacherously, "Winter Bones has such a critical reputation, so what if we all want it?"
Herman couldn¡¯t refute this. He had already seen the DVD of Winter¡¯s Bone and already knew its reviews, but it was not easy for Weinstein to scare him. He said: "Harvey, you should know how determined Paramount is this year. The new big shots are looking forward to establishing themselves in the awards season. Moreover, our influence is much greater than yours, and our box office is also suitable for the Olympics." Position. Do you really want to go head-to-head with us? The best film award is ours. This is the prerequisite for negotiation."
"Hahaha." Weinstein said with an arrogant look that said, "You're still young at what you do." "Winter's Bone is a pure independent film, but you are not. Tell me which independent film this year can compare to it? "The Departed" "? "The Queen"? Are they? The Oscars have to be a bit of an independent film. Winter Bone doesn't have a Sundance background. It's all independent actors. There's nothing better than it."
"Does Weige know that you want to monopolize it?" Herman thought of a question.
Weinstein didn¡¯t answer while drinking red wine. He called Ye Wei in the afternoon. He said he was interviewing for a football coach and was very busy. He had something to say via email.
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"Martin, the Rotten Tomatoes freshness of "Winter's Bone" has basically been established. It has received 30 mainstream film reviews, and even the New York Post gave it a positive review."
¡°It seems that the Weinstein brothers have a way to keep them from making comments.¡±
"This will be our biggest opponent, no doubt, the biggest opponent."
"How fresh is it?"
"100%."
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"Every once in a while, a movie gets into your head and heart at the same time, ravaging your emotional wounds. "Winter's Bone" by talented filmmaker Ye Wei is such an unusual film." 3.5/4, Peter Te Lavis, Rolling Stone
"Occasionally a film pierces our flesh with its unforgettable authenticity and fills our faith with the wonder and thrilling power of its story. Winter's Bone is without a doubt that film." 4/4, Claudia Pugh, "USA Today"
When taking medicine according to the prescription, it is inevitable that you will occasionally bump into movie critics, but Pugh didn¡¯t just bump into Travis. She also wrote:
"Winter's Bone is the best drama movie so far this year. Every line in it is perfect, and some words are even like poetry. The 18-year-old Ye Wei further establishes himself as a talented director. The equally impressive one is definitely the 16-year-old Jennifer Lawrence is becoming a star with her subtle and heartbreaking performance.??¡±
Looking at these comments, Kristen Stewart¡¯s cold face twitched, ¡°It¡¯s starting to look interesting.¡±
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100% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, 100 points on Metactic! This is Winter Bone's critical performance, and fans are flooded with almost perfect reviews.
Not necessarily. David Germain of the Associated Press rated it 3.5/4: "Winter's Bone is raw, real, simple, unusually intense and unexpectedly desperate, and a fierce look at rural crime culture." This short film review composed entirely of key comments is almost like a response to Ye Wei, so I just wrote it. It¡¯s called a press release!
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that in general, the American film critics are facing a formidable enemy and are working hard this time. Especially the New York film critics, who have the trademark of intellectuals, are confident in facing such an intellectual film. New York film critics dare not write at the same level as the Los Angeles film critics.
"Tense, immersive, shocking and controlled, Winter's Bone has the soul of an experimental film and the body of a B-movie, and proves to be a potent combination indeed." 4.5/ 5. Kenneth Turan, "Los Angeles Times"
This is another Winter Bone film review from lat today, written by chief film critic Kenneth Turan. He has been writing film reviews for lat since 1991. He is most famous for his negative review of "Titanic", which triggered a famous war of words with James Cameron at the time. Cameron was furious and even sent an email to lat's editorial department demanding Turan be fired. Of course, like all wars of words, no film critic has anything to do with it, and Turan has been writing reviews until now.
This year he gave the Girls Trilogy all the praise:
"Thanks to a believable adaptation, effective performances, and a wildly successful director, Soul Surfer is a engrossing, lived-in film that's more legitimate and sophisticated than the popular Hollywood sports movies we usually see. , moving. "4.5/5 points.
"After the controversial "Soul Surfer", Ye Wei has delivered what is undoubtedly one of the best movies of the year. Many small parts, ghost-like narration, but at every moment the story is on track, The deeply moving "The Lovely Bones" deserves all the praise it deserves." 4.5/5.
Turan¡¯s level is not low, and he just won an honorary award from the National Society of Film Critics Awards this year. He writes in a West Coast film review style, using more key comments. He doesn't really analyze what's going on inside the film, but describes what it looks like.
Rotten Tomatoes excerpted only the first paragraph of his lengthy review, in which he continued:
[Directed and written by 18-year-old Ye Wei, this story of Rui Dolly's bleakness and desperate quest to find her father in the clan is majestic, and the impoverished Ozark plight narrative is driven with such maturity that it's sure to win the awards. Season has gained. Ye Wei has made three teenage heroine movies with different styles this year. His "Soul Surfer" is inspiring and "The Lovely Bones" is a mixture of emotions, but "Winter's Bone" is a cultural and increasingly The air of despair. ¡¿
Turan also felt that Winter Bone was a bit too heavy and had a "risk of authenticity", and sometimes the dialogue was difficult for ordinary viewers to understand, but the performance!
"But the main actors' powerful performances saved the film every time. Under the strong direction of Ye Wei, these persuasive and gripping performances provide a complete mood that ties all the scenes together. Leading the charge is 16-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, a Louisville native and rising star discovered by Ye Wei, who plays Rui's central role perfectly. 18-year-old Swedish newcomer Alicia Vikander also plays the shadow role of Rui's friend Gale flawlessly. ¡¿
Peter Howell of the "Toronto Star" had similar views to Turan with a 3/4 rating:
"Winter's Bone" is so sparse in its dialogue and so concise in its plot that it doesn't even have a soundtrack, and it requires actors to bring out their acting, and images to provide power. The leaders of this show are Lawrence, Vikander and Hax, who make Ye Wei get his wish. ¡¿
Not everyone sees the meaning, or wants to appreciate it. Howell put it plainly: "I only give good reviews for the sake of performance!"
Here¡¯s what he finally wrote: [The film paints a very depressing portrait of the Ozarks, especially regarding the very real problems of rural drugs. You can imagine that the local tourism board might end up releasing a face-saving promotional DVD. This is a movie that requires a lot of patience and attention to watch, but its performances make the pain worth it. ¡¿
The New York film critic community has always been very arrogant, except for the "New York Post" that ruins the reputation. Not to mention the film critics in Toronto, even those in Los Angeles didn¡¯t take it seriously. Unexpectedly, Ye Wei went to Lat and published a long film review, which was closer to an East Coast style long film review.
A vicious hand! Some New York film critics wanted to cut out the manuscripts they sent out and rewrite them already. It was already too late. New York was 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
"It offers a dash of voyeuristic pleasure, a dash of poverty porn, and a lot of violence." 3/4, Kyle Smith, "New York Post"
¡°Spectacular in its humanity, earthy beauty and cardiac arrest urgency.¡± 3.5/4, Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
The most picky film critics felt it was spectacular, and those who had not yet published the film felt relieved that they were not tricked by Ye Wei! If the movie reviews he writes are not comparable to or far behind his, that guy will write another review article at any time
It is not easy to write better than him. The soldiers and generals can no longer deal with this monster. Fortunately, there are still many capable people in the film critic field, and some of them have already gone all out. The shock brought by the film naturally made some film critics express their emotions in lengthy articles!
Because The New Yorker is the home base of the Pauline Kael lineage, it has a somewhat sacred status and has always been a major center for film criticism. This time it was not Anthony Lane (44 years old), the pickiest runner-up ever named, but David Danby. The 63-year-old man has a master's degree from Columbia University and is a famous journalist. He began publishing magazine film reviews in 1993 and served as a columnist and film critic for The New Yorker in early 1998.
He is one of the best movie reviewers.
¡°This is what we¡¯ve been waiting for: a work of art that catches you and never lets you go.¡± 4/4
"An extraordinary independent film", "unimaginable", "a series of shocking confrontations", "a complete story that makes people unable to breathe" These are his key comments, but they are not just that. Movie fans can see that there are roughly three levels of film criticism for Winter's Bone: the first level tells the story itself and the description of the perception, the second level explores the regional dilemma, poverty issues, character growth and changes of the Ozarks, etc., and the third level research to its feminism.
There are not many film reviews that can reach the third level. Perhaps due to the limitation of the number of words in the manuscript, Danby only wrote a short paragraph:
¡°We were worried about Rui because we didn¡¯t know where the story was going: the gangster behavior was predictable, the Dollys were unfathomable. We look forward to the old woman's clues. They are protective of their dirty, rough men, but they know how to get around them. When they have to take action, they work as thugs to clean up the traces of crime. Rui is the only hope in this despicable environment. She's not the funniest teen, she's more of a heroic figure, more believable than any of the flashy movie heroes we've seen lately. In its territory, in a completely non-ideological way, Winter's Bone is one of the greatest feminist works in film history. ¡¿
One of the greatest feminist works in film history.
This is definitely the highest compliment! Many movie fans were frightened, and it also caused a stir in the intellectual circle. It was so good! ? Why is it completely non-ideological? Danby didn't go into details, but fans found the answer from viy's self-written review. What he said was really big!
Let¡¯s take a look at what David Edelstyn, the 47-year-old first-time film critic of New York Magazine, said. This David graduated from Harvard University and has worked as a journalist, a film critic for TV news programs, a freelance writer for many publications, and an author. His reputation is high and his level is superb. He is the main force and hope of the New York film critic community.
?? 4/4 points, of course he wrote a three-level film review, introducing the story, telling the background of the original work, analyzing some scenes and shots, and also mentioned some behind-the-scenes production information. In the last few concluding paragraphs, he wrote:
¡¾Looking at the unforgettable independent and self-reliant Jennifer Lawrence, my eyes are sometimes directed to her simple woolen hat, being careful not to let it fall off. A crappy thing, but her own. (I seem to be able to feel the cold wind entering it.) Lawrence and Ye Wei don't care about pathos. They don't find time to show Rui's vulnerability, because Rui can't show her vulnerability, even to herself. She only cares about herself. Said: "I will never go crazy." (She was beaten until she was bloody and almost lifeless. She still held back tears and ordered her two angry brothers to do their homework.) Only once did she do it unless she was threatened. She is completely weak when she sits next to her mom and says, "Mom, look at me, I need your help, can you help me just once, mom?" But even with those words, you can see The look in her eyes, she didn't expect a response.
In its emotionally charged moments, this original mythical adventure with a bare bones tinge builds to its climax not with the villains but with the aging, haggard women who make the story¡¯s underworld possible.The country became indestructible. The wife of the eldest brother, Thumper Milton, is an old woman whose name has not been revealed. Her motherly heart and cruelty have melted together. You just can't find the line between free will and loyalty to the family (patriarchy), and at that point, her choices are inevitably masculine. I imagine you have watched the cadenza a hundred times and it will never come to an end. But the last scene between the old woman and Rui involves taking a boat into the pond at night. Without a soundtrack or any fancy rendering, Ye Wei used humanity to create a complete nightmare, and you can feel the silent scream in your bones. That scene was probably the purest burst of perception.
All fears have entered life and have not faded away. They are entangled in the bottom of my heart. Ye Wei and his incredible cast cast a shadow that we can't escape, but "Winter's Bone" is the most exciting film of the year. ¡¿
Edelstyn used "haun quite (unforgettable)" to praise Lawrence's performance, and "not-the-decay (not fading)" to describe the impression. The lingering sound of Rui's voice lingered for three days after watching this movie. For the next three months, I didn¡¯t know the taste of meat. The whole world was filled with rare earth elements (ree, Rui). That¡¯s probably what it meant.
New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicagoall gave thumbs up, and the entire American film critic community was conquered by this bone.
Ye Wei¡¯s wild words ¡°They will praise me twice more within this year¡± have come true. The media has been shocked, but the bad guys are taking a break from the limelight. Fans are exclaiming and screaming. In addition to the failure of "Carrie" planned by viy this year, there is no doubt that each of the trilogy of girls is better than the last. .
Now what about Lawrence and Vikander? Two parallel imports? A Kentucky bumpkin and an unknown Swedish girl?
Looking at the praise they received, it seems that they are the two most powerful among the ten
Wei Mi naturally discovered that, as if suddenly, everyone was laughing with viy, where did you find these two talented girls? You are so lucky! ! !
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"Ye Wei makes it all real. Despite the odds and the difficulty of seeing hope, because, yes, this is a hard and unforgiving land, the lives that are rooted here tend to survive." 3.5/4, Stephen Hui Ty, Newark Star-Chronicle
"The gritty, desperate Ozark setting of Winter's Bone feels so real, so good, that you just have to take your time and realize you're watching a great movie." 4/4, Ty Burr, The Boston Globe
"An absolute blockbuster movie." 4/4, Andrew O'Herhill, salon
"What¡¡"
Jennifer walked into the small dining room, and the family members seated at the dining table immediately stopped talking and looked at her with blank expressions. She yelled again: "What?"
The second brother was surprised when he thought of something: "So one day soon, you will become a beauty poster and be hung on the wall of the bedroom by teenagers You are a movie star! What's going on!?" The eldest brother also became a fool: " Jenny¡Jenny¡am I still your brother?¡±
"Yes!" Jennifer was really angry with them. "I have told you a long time ago that I have a plan. This plan really works, but you don't believe it."
¡°So you really know how to participate in the Oscars!?¡±
"I don't know, maybe."
"Wow"
Seeing her second brother dreaming about driving away, Jennifer couldn't help but think about the situation. She had to put on high heels and a floor-length evening dress How would she walk?
She decided to ask, and immediately took a seat while taking her cell phone to send a seemingly incomprehensible text message to Ye Wei: "how-to-walk?"
After dinner, I suddenly received his reply: "blaze-a-trail."
Make a path.
The new path we have created.
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It was already dark, and in the elegant hotel suite, Alicia continued to read movie reviews online, giggling from time to time, browsing Ye Wei's social networking sites from time to time, enjoying this moment of victory.
"Ms. Collins and I were so happy watching "Happy Feet". George Miller is a genius! Highly recommended!" Ye Wei's twitter, 2006-12-11
"Winter's Bone", ¡ï¡ï¡ï¡ï, Roger Ebert, "Chicago Sun-Times", 2006-12-11:
¡¾Most of the protagonists in the movies that influenced me are lively. They don't arrogantly talk and lead teams. They have no superpowers. They are ordinary people facing a responsibility and a situation to deal with. Rui Dolly is such a protagonist.
A 16-year-old girl who acts as a housewife to her two young brothers. This is in the heart of the Ozarks (but the setting is not made clear in the film), and her mother sits around all day, unhinged. Her father, a man on bail awaiting trial for making ice, disappeared. She tries to educate and feed her children while dealing with the family's neighbors who have ulterior motives (one of the younger brothers, Sonny, is the child of a neighbor's affair with her mother). Those boys, unlike ordinary children, do not have the opportunity to play. All they have to do is go to school, study, do homework and "try not to fight." They are on the verge of mutation. Once they learn that they are poor rural people with low social status.
This is the world established in a bleak situation at the beginning of Ye Wei's "Winter's Bone". His third film this year fully demonstrates his love for independent films, his thorough insight into human nature, and his compassionate soul. Unmistakably on location, the film focuses on an abandoned society and looks like it brought Walker-Evans' rural Depression-era photography into the present day. The unanswered question is, what did Rui go through to develop her strength, independence and self-esteem in this world? She didn't learn this from her parents.
The Sheriff brought news that her father, Jesup, seemed to have escaped. To raise money for his bail, he mortgaged his house, perhaps his only asset. If he doesn't show up in court in a week, the family will be thrown out. that's all. "I will find him." Rui said quietly and resolutely. This is the situation she has to deal with.
Rui is played by Jennifer Lawrence, who is also 16 years old, a new actor with amazing talent discovered by Ye Wei. Lawrence delivers a stern, emotionally intense heroic deed centered on her. She's not boastful, she's not threatening, she relies on her tenacious faith to do the right thing that people would do. Even if we don¡¯t seem to meet anyone who deserves that belief. "Don't ask for things you deserve," she told her brother Harold, but at any moment they could spiral out of control and become something she didn't want them to be.
Everyone in this place knows Jessup, he's like a modern bottle of liquor. It was clear that drugs did not make him rich; perhaps its appeal lay in its illegality and the pleasure it brought in the relationships it brought. Ree's search for her father begins with her uncle, Tear (John Harkes), whose presence inflicts a natural wound on the living. Tears refuses to help her, so she then goes to borrow a car from her friend Gail, a teenage mother trapped in an early pregnancy and early marriage, played by 18-year-old Alicia Vikander, another newcomer with astonishing talent.
The script was adapted by Ye Wei from Daniel Woodrell's novel, using the form of the classical "Odyssey". Its outcome depends on whether Rui's father is dead or alive, most likely dead, leaving her helpless unless a body fragment is found. The scene she experienced during the long journey was worthy of a post-apocalyptic movie. It was like a post-apocalyptic land. Although it had cars and electricity, schools and bars, cigarettes and televisions, it was more like a relic of an earlier prosperous period. . The people living here have reached the end and there is no next stop. This air of despair frames the film.
There is an opportunity for a comic adventure here, and Ye Wei avoids it. This film is not about living with the people here, but about passing through them and documenting them. Rui has been living among them and doesn't think they are despicable, only rude and disappointed. In her father's world, everyone is a criminal, dependent on criminals and selling to criminals. These people are all suspects in who killed Jesup, although they are all distant relatives.
Rui¡¯s journey led her to meet one character after another, and Ye Weineng focused on the fact that each character¡¯s humanity had been destroyed. They are not clowns in the attraction, but survivors in a shared reality. Did they watch Rui and a girl face the threat of family eviction? I think they all looked at their needs and the danger of being deported and it was safer to keep their mouths shut.
So this movie relies on Rui, assists Gale, and balances tears. Stories like this one plunge us into desperate straits, but Ree's hope and courage lock us in. After she is beaten, the film throws out a series of real, predictable but unexpected destruction, causing a series of psychological shocks and brainstorms. The fate of the characters affects us. How could Rui be Rui? Who will she be in the future? What about everyone else? In the end, there are no answers to these questions, and there are too many bad situations for them to deal with. ¡¿